On this Arbor Day, meet Texas A&M's Moon Tree. 50 years ago, Apollo 14 astronauts took seeds to the moon in a scientific experiment. Today, a descendant of a seed is alive and growing on the event lawn in The Gardens at Texas A&M University! Col. Mike Fossum, Aggie astronaut and COO of Texas A&M University Galveston Campus, talks about the inspiring significance and wonder the tree represents on our campus: tx.ag/TAMUMoonTree The tree was brought to Aggieland by Texas A&M AgriLife, Texas A&M For

The next generation of Moon Trees is almost here! These little seedlings are being grown from the tree seeds that orbited the Moon onboard Artemis I. Help us connect the old generation with the new generation through the NASA #MoonTreesQuest! @NASAArtemis @NASASTEM @NASA Tree seeds have orbited the moon and come back – twice! First in 1971 onboard the Apollo 14 mission and again in 2022 aboard the Orion spacecraft as part of the #Artemis I mission. The NASA #MoonTreesQuest provides the opportuni